Consequences of phenotypic plasticity vs. interspecific differences in leaf and root traits for acquisition of aboveground and belowground resources

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 402-411

  Ryser, Peter ^a   Eek, Liina ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biomass allocation; Dactylis; Leaf area; Nutrient acquisition; Poaceae; Root length; Shade tolerance; Tissue mass density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ROOT SYSTEM;

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DACTYLIS POLYGAMA;

EID: 0033755493     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656636     Document Type: Article

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